Inna
Tkach

Ukrainian textile artist working with natural silk and colour. Her practice explores silk as a living, transformative material.

She creates multilayered textile artworks through hand-painted silk and a distinctive burning technique, building depth, texture, and a subtle three-dimensional effect. Alongside her textile practice, she studies colour and its psychological and emotional impact.

Inna Tkach

Painting

About the Work

The artist explores transformation through layered silk, using colour, texture and light to create a work that changes with the viewer’s perspective.

Each work begins with an idea, a story and a carefully developed colour palette. She paints directly onto natural silk and builds the artwork through multiple layers. Her distinctive burning technique creates openings, shadows and a subtle three-dimensional effect, allowing light to become an integral part of the work.

Layered silk

Colour

Colour is a central element of her artistic practice. She explores how colour influences perception and emotional states, and how interaction with colour can shape the way a person experiences space, themselves and the world around them.

Light & Movement

Her works transform through light and movement. As the viewer changes position, new layers, shadows and fragments of the image emerge, allowing the artwork to reveal different meanings over time.

Work in progress

Artist's Note

Through silk, colour, light and movement, the artist creates works that invite a slower way of looking. Each piece offers space for personal interpretation, encouraging the viewer to discover their own image, emotion and meaning.

Silk detail

Bio

Education

  • 2012 — Beijing (China): Unobstructed Chinese painting
  • 2011 — Riga (Latvia): Professional painting on velvet
  • 2007–2010 — Kyiv: Professional courses painting on silk
  • 2000–2006 — Kyiv: University IAMP (International Finance)
  • 1992–1997 — Rybnitsa (Moldova): Art school

Exhibitions

  • 2025 — Mlyn Art Fair Ukraine, Kyiv
  • 2023 — Andakulova Gallery, Dubai
  • 2023 — Nicolleta Gallery, Berlin
  • 2023 — Love as Life, Center of Ukrainian Culture, Kyiv
  • 2022 — Miami Art Week
  • 2022 — Tomson Gallery, Zurich
  • 2013 — SCOPE Miami Beach
  • 2013 — Finalist, International Emerging Artist Awards, Dubai
  • 2012 — Finalist, Crystal Palette, Kyiv
  • 2011 — Triennial Design and Art, Kyiv

Awards

  • 2013 — International Emerging Artist Award (shortlisted)
  • 2013 — YICCA Certificate of participation
  • 2011 — Textile Triennial, contribution to Ukrainian culture

Publications

  • 2024 — Culturally Arts “Renaissance”
  • 2013 — Artsofia: “My silk world”
  • 2013 — Woman: “What whispers silk”
  • 2013 — Interview Ukraine: “Painted masterpieces”
  • 2012 — Status: “Brightness — the soul of wit”
  • 2012 — K-Gallery Catalogue
  • 2012 — Talent: “Ukrainian artist won the civilized West”

Contact

For inquiries and collaborations